Print on handmade Amalfi paper Size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood, handmade
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum (square) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings in the centre of the city of Rome. The citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum. For centuries the Forum was the centre of daily life in Rome: the setting for processions and triumphs; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials and gladiatorial contests; and the hub of commercial affairs.
Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The beating heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history. Located in the small valley between the Palatine and the Capitoline, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting 4.5 million or more tourists a year. Many of the oldest and most important structures of the ancient city stood on or near the Forum. The earliest shrines and temples of the Roman Kingdom were located at the south-eastern end. These included the ancient former royal residence, the Regia (8th century BC), and the Temple of Vesta (7th century BC), as well as the surrounding complex of the Vestal Virgins, all rebuilt after the rise of imperial Rome.
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